What is the name meaning of NEILL. Phrases containing NEILL
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feidhil “â€beautyâ€â€ or “â€ever good.â€â€ Three kings of Munster bore the name. Feidhelm Mac Crimthainn was both a king of Munster and a Bishop of Cashel. He contested the sovereignty of Ireland with the O’Neill kings. He was unsuccessful in the ensuing battle and in 842 AD the annals record… “â€The crosier of devout Feidhelm was abandoned in the blackthorns. Neill, mighty in combat, took it by right of victory.â€â€
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Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
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Comes from an old Irish word and means “â€born of the yew tree.â€â€ In Northern Ireland the name Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “â€The Land of Eoghanâ€â€ and is often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (“â€Red Eoghanâ€â€) Oâ€â€Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.
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Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Middle English hod(de), hood, hud ‘hood’. Some early examples with prepositions seem to be topographic names, referring to a place where there was a hood-shaped hill or a natural shelter or overhang, providing protection from the elements. In some cases the name may be habitational, from places called Hood, in Devon (possibly ‘hood-shaped hill’) and North Yorkshire (possibly ‘shelter’ or ‘fortification’).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUid ‘descendant of Ud’, a personal name of uncertain derivation. This was the name of an Ulster family who were bards to the O’Neills of Clandeboy. It was later altered to Mac hUid. Compare Mahood.
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Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
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Irish
feidhil “â€beautyâ€â€ or “â€ever good.â€â€ Three kings of Munster bore the name. Feidhelm Mac Crimthainn was both a king of Munster and a Bishop of Cashel. He contested the sovereignty of Ireland with the O’Neill kings. He was unsuccessful in the ensuing battle and in 842 AD the annals record… “â€The crosier of devout Feidhelm was abandoned in the blackthorns. Neill, mighty in combat, took it by right of victory.â€â€
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Australian, Gaelic
Champion
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Irish
A variant of the name ceann meaning “â€intelligent,â€â€ Quinn is the most common surname in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and is increasingly used as a given name. As traditional quartermasters to the O’Neills, the kings of Ulster for over four centuries, Quinns were responsible for arms and provisions in both war and peace.
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Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
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Irish
Hugh is a translation of an ancient name Aodh meaning “â€fire.â€â€ A name with nationalistic connotations as Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Red Hugh O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell together led a rebellion and won some major battles against the forces of the English queen Elizabeth 1st, before being defeated at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
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English
Variant spelling of English Neil, NEILL means "champion."
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Irish
Comes from an old Irish word and means “â€born of the yew tree.â€â€ In Northern Ireland the name Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “â€The Land of Eoghanâ€â€ and is often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (“â€Red Eoghanâ€â€) Oâ€â€Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.
Boy/Male
Irish
Comes from an old Irish word and means “â€born of the yew tree.â€â€ In Northern Ireland the name Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “â€The Land of Eoghanâ€â€ and is often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (“â€Red Eoghanâ€â€) Oâ€â€Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.
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English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : from an Anglo-Scandinavian form of the Gaelic name Niall (see Neill). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic. It was reinforced after the Norman Conquest by the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English forms Neel, Nihel, and Nigel, which were brought to England by the Normans.Scottish and Irish : reduced form of McNeal (see McNeil).
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Dutch and German
Dutch and German : from the personal name Nel, a reduced form of Cornelius.South German : nickname from Middle High German nelle ‘crown of the head’, perhaps denoting an obstinate person.English : from the Middle English personal name Nel(le), a variant of Neill.
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American, Australian, Christian, Gaelic, Irish, Scottish
Champion; Form of Neil
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Irish
feidhil “â€beautyâ€â€ or “â€ever good.â€â€ Three kings of Munster bore the name. Feidhelm Mac Crimthainn was both a king of Munster and a Bishop of Cashel. He contested the sovereignty of Ireland with the O’Neill kings. He was unsuccessful in the ensuing battle and in 842 AD the annals record… “â€The crosier of devout Feidhelm was abandoned in the blackthorns. Neill, mighty in combat, took it by right of victory.â€â€
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal, Anglo-Scandinavian forms of the Gaelic name Niall (see Neill). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic.Americanized spelling of the like-sounding Scandinavian names Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson.The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled about 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
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n.
A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.